Good Wednesday morning.
Come on warm weather. AJ is so ready to be outside. I hope he doesn't get burnt in the sun. Him and I both are very fair complected and I burn. So not only are we in stock with Pampers we are going to start with sun tan lotion.
Brad is starting to feel under the weather which means more than likely AJ will be getting sick again soon.

I hate when an illness affects Brad or AJ cause they both get cranky. So trying times are coming. I haven't had them both sick at once. If that happens I will need a vacation. AJ seems to be happy today. Some what cranky I keep blaming his shots. The dr wants me to talk it over with Brad to go ahead with the chicken pox vaccine.

Not alot here. Talk to you later.
love you all

GOOD MORNING.

Well Brad and I no longer have a baby but, a young toddler. Who is very independent. It seems, it came with age but he woke up Saturday morning with a big attitude adjustment. He learned to shake his head no and when you tell him something there it is with the no head shake, he will continue to due that for a while.

I hated to lose my baby but I am very interested and excited to learn all that is going to be in his future. I took him to the dr yesterday he got 2 shots, he weighs 21 pounds, and is 28 1/2 inches long, he weight 8 11 and was 20 inches long. He can now sit front facing in the car seat. LOL
The dr said he is very advanced and is very pround of his progress. She gave him a book for his birthday and he laid down on his stomach in the room on the tabel and started turning pages and jabbering. She said it amazes me what all he can do when some babies haven't even started walking. She said he isn't as tall as he should be but no big deal he makes up for it in smartness.

I am very fortunate to have a smart son, he has acheived alot, no pacifier since he was about 3 months, walking at 9, he loves his new sippy cups, they are construction ones, with a hard hat top for one and a tire for another. He wasn't feeling all that well last night after the shots, and this morning he seems a tad cranky.

Well have to get ready for the day. Talk to you all later. Love ya
AJ and mom

1st picture 3/24/05
2nd picture taken in 2006






HAPPY
1st
BIRTHDAY
AJ




Dearest Son,
You have brought so much joy to all that know you.
A year has come and gone and each minute is a great adventure.
Your the best son. You have taught me things as I hope you have also learned.
Enjoy your day because you are only 1 once.

We love you so much.
Love Mommy and Daddy.

This morning he slept in a hole whopping 5 minutes. He woke up happy. Yesterday grandma taught him how to say boo-boo he has a cut on his toe (1st 1) I took pictures. he dropped a plastic empty jug on it and it cut it open, he got his cat in the hat bandaid and he also got an ice pack. But Rest assured this mom has pictures. Boy did he cry. SO now he says boo-boo and points to his foot.

They are calling for snow I am sure after Aj wanting snow earlier this week, he has secretly asked for it again. Well I am needing to get ready this morning. I promise to try and get pictures on here. The cut, his birthday party, him in his Jeep.

Love to you all,
The Brithday Boy "A.J.'s" Mom

GOOD MORNING THURSDAY!

1 day till AJ's birthday. I am on a mission for light up shoes. I think we will move to the next town and see if we can find his size there. We are having no problem finding bigger sizes just not his size.

Tomorrow, Erica leaves for Flordia it seems, a week of her will be lonely. I talk to her on the phone a few times a week plus see her everyday in the morning and in the afternoon. She follows me to school and I make sure she turns to go behind the school safely. I am thinking when the weather gets nice I will take my vacations to spend with my son outside. I know he will like running around the yard and playing.

He loved the pool last year so I am hoping this year will be the same. I am hoping he learns to start swimming but we will see he is still a little young. I haven't made up my mind what to do with AJ for his birthday this weekend. I guess it depends on what Brad is doing, cause it will more than likely end up just AJ and I. We h ave been invited to go bowling. Not sure AJ can do that and I haven't done that in years. Well I was in Texas the last time. My aunt lived there and her husband at the time took us. They used to be big bowlers.

I remember Houston Texas going to the Astro dome, AstroWorld, and the Johnson Space Center. My cousin Brock was with me on those we went with Grandma Maxine and Papaw Gene. I remember Brock and I sitting in the van we had their garage door opener and we were so smart then you know, that we were trying to open garage doors going down the road with their opener. How we kept entertained. They had a tv in the van, and we couldn't pick up anything.

I think Brad and I are going to try to go to Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg sometime soon. Not sure I am ready to leave AJ so he just might go. LOL

Well not alot to talk about for yesterday, last night or this morning.
Love to you all
the kelleys

Hurray its almost Friday. AJ seems to be getting sick again. I take him to the dr the 27 and I sure hope we can get to the bottom of this. He has had more colds, and infections than he needs.
I prays God he isn't in day care. I would hate to see how sick he would be then. Mom and AJ are great buddies. He has so many toys there that she has now sent alot home with me, so what do I do I send some more toys but different ones. I think this summer we will be hauling the JEEP back and forth.

Our neighbors have gotten another pit bull, that makes 3 in the neighbor hood. They all run loose. So we will be seeing what happens if they get close to the house. Aggrivating really our dogs are all in pens except Chopper who is in the house, but we keep them put up, due to our neighbor killing one, so now they can let theirs run free.

I hate pit bulls, and am not excited about it with AJ being outside this summer. AJ's birthday is in 2 days. WOW, fast year, and even faster growing up. I have been keeping a journal trying to do it daily of all his accomplishments, and what he has done for that day. I hope one day he looks back and reads it and says mom this is great, why did you keep all of this wrote down.

I have stressed in it how much joy he has brought to my life, and that we are very lucky to have him when the dr said how grim it looked in the beginning, all the problems that we both incountered, and the long dr office visits when they couldn't find his heart beat. All was so worth the wait.

I have also expressed to AJ that he has a great grandma, and a grandpa who is no longer with us and that they both would have loved him very much. I hate that he has to grow up not knowing them and the only thing we can do is tell him about them. Since I never met Brad's dad we have to let dad tell that part. I have pictures of my great grandma I can show him, and I have some put up, but I am going to have to get some of Brad's dad so AJ can see them. SO if anyone can help with that I will pay for the copies of pictures if I can have some.

We took AJ to Papaw Ed's gravesite shortly after he was born and at Christmas time AJ was sick so he couldn't go but this year we will be going and hopefully AJ will start to understand. He has been to Grandma Crane's and it was cold so he couldn't stay long either. I know they both would have enjoyed him so much as you can't help but fall in love and enjoy him. He is a special boy.

Well I think I have rambled on a lot this morning. With love to you all,
The 3 Kelleys
Brad, Amy and AJ

Happy Anniversary

to my Husband

of

2 years and 9 months.

Snow, snow and more snow. It seems mother nature is teasing us. Good weather, rain, okay weather, then boom snow. Last night we Mom, AJ and I went to a booster club meeting at school on the way home mom said something about not wanting it to snow and AJ said he did and he said bad, bad, bad. SO, when we woke up this morning I told AJ it snowed bad, bad, bad and that his wish had come true. Due to the conditions of the road I can come into work at 10.00 but I hate to leave AJ. I hate leaving him any morning but this morning we have been buddies watching a Panda Movie on HBO cause its free this week or something.

So as we sit and watch it snow and watch our movie we are warm and cozy which we have to thank 1 our gas company and 2 that we have been blessed enough to have what some people only wish for. AJ seems to be eating alot less than he used too. I hope it is nothing but worry cause he is always on the go and I know he is burning off alot more than he is eating. I take him to the dr on the 27th so I will address that to her along with other questions I have.

Alot of schools are closed today and I couldn't help but think to the future where AJ will be getting up and getting ready for school, Brad and I will be getting ready for work and AJ will be watching the school closings close to see if his school is on the closed list, then him coming running down the hall so excited school is closed. LOL Then I fastly snapped out of the future and thought he is growing up so fast please don't think ahead like that.

The ducks are getting big and fast. AJ likes chasing them, although they are a little faster. But its funny once he gets the hang of his Jeep look out Hewey, Dewey, Lewey, Daffy and Donald. He will be the new duck hearder, then we will have squashed duck. Just joking.

Well its time to play with AJ he doesn't like watching me he has been trying to help me type. Take Care, Be safe and enjoy the snow.
C-ya

Well, we had a small birthday party for AJ on Saturday. It seems a relief it is over. AJ enjoyed himself, not really understanding the unwrapping game. He loved his cake, and he has enjoyed his jeep. LOL WE put him in it, he slammed his foot to the floor and away he went, the look on his face was scared, happy, and curios. He hasn't realized he has to take his foot of the gas to stop. He loves the radio. he sits and dances. Its amazing how time flies. Brad and I are very, very fortunate to have a beautiful, happy son. He seems to learn everything. He loved his toys, and now we are on a mission to find light-up shoes. We went to Wal-Mart, Kmart, and they didn't have his size so now I will check around town to see if we can find him some.

Saturday night he didn't go to bed until 1:00 am I told him no more cake, or parties for him until he can learn he still has to go to bed at a decent time. He just laughed at Brad and I. I mean laugh. I mean he was giggling, and laughing at nothing. It was like someone was tickling him but they wasn't. Brad and I was exhausted Sunday morning. AJ seems to think he is big, big stuff now Brad and I have to remind him he is not yet 1.

I really don't think it will matter after he does turn 1 he will still be the boss. Brad is possibly going to be going back on nights after spring break and I hate to have to start the process of AJ not getting to see him at night. Along with me not having Brad there to talk to. There is only so much you can really talk to AJ about. But now he has the nodding yes and no down pat so he tends to act interested. Cell phones are wonders for bed time. AJ gets to call dad and tell him good night.

I haven't got pictures developed yet or downloaded. But will do that soon. I am not one for keeping AJ's pictures undeveloped. Everyone elses yes, but his no. I love him to death and boy the terrible 2's are beginning, which by the time 2 gets here I will be gray headed and have a nervous twitch.
Thats all for now. Take Care, thanks for reading. With love the Kelleys
C-ya

Good Morning. I hate to say it but the early bird was awake at 430-445 am this morning. As I tell him to lay down he lays down shuts his eyes, and then a minute later he starts giggling and his eyes are open. Can't help but laugh. He is so excited he knows today is Friday and dad will be home. He seems to be getting his days down pat. His medicine is working somewhat good although he has a cough. He got a few birthday cards yesterday in the mail. His ducks are huge, oh my I haven't been out there for 2 days since he has been sick I stay inside with him, well last night after he fell alseep I went out there and holy cow. They are starting to flap their wings and everything.

Erica leaves for Flordia the 24th so AJ will be missing her all that week. He loves Aunt Erica. He is now giving kisses. First thing in the morning he comes in the bedroom and gives us kisses going to each side of the bed. If you tell him no he comes to give you kisses thinking you will let him do it then he goes back to doing it and you say no again here he comes with more kisses for you. LOL He does the lick thing sometimes too when he kisses you.

Boy the joy of a little boy. I will regret saying that in years to come. Since he is advanced in areas I am afraid terrible 2's will be coming very soon.

Well all for now, pictures on monday
C-ya..

Ok, Ok, Ok, it has been a few days, busy at that. I took AJ to the dr Tuesday night and he has a sinus infection. He has been cranky the last couple of days with today being a good day. He has learned to back talk. Why, ask him. Last night I was taking the dead leaves off my plants and darn if he wasn't trying to eat them. Well, I said AJ stop then he starts like yelling at me, then Brad sits him down to have a talk with him and he starts yelling at him, and then Brad says no back talking me boy, and AJ starts yelling at him again.

How funny, I laugh now but when he starts to really not listen we will have problems.
He seems to like gettin gup behind out garden tub standing an kissing himself in the mirrors behind it. AJ's Ducks, Hewey, Dewey, Lewey, Daffy and Donald are getting big. They are trying to flap their wings. His birthday is fast approaching. I am posting pictures today. HURRAY. I know, there is a picture of him feeding his ducks and trying to hold on, and then there is a picture of him on the creeper he loves that then there are 2 pictures of him in his new bed. He loves that things as I am sure you can tell. This is the night we got it.

So this is short and sweet. AJ's the boss at our house.
Be safe. C-ya

ARRRR Mattie,
Seems we all need a ship to get where we need to. The weekend wasn't nearly long enough. All the rain dampered our spirits. AJ loves playing outside. First. With deep sadness, but relief I must say Eastern has come to a stop. Losing by 10 points to Providence. As soon as we left we went to the gas station, filled up the truck and wiped the windows clean of any Eastern or ball boys names.

Sad kinda, but then relieved. Glad the ball games are over hate they can't ever make it passed regional. So we go to the New Rural King, alot bigger and AJ walks around on his own, well I was looking at and the hostess stand was beside actually I think little debbie. But the boxes were all neatly stacker not after AJ was there. So we left went and ate lunch and well AJ got to play outside for a while. Yesterday he was outside almost all day. We had his Osh Kosh overalls on and then his work boots, I went out in the yard to get a box that had blown away, I look at AJ he is trying to follow he couldn't make it his boots sunk in the mud and down he went. He was socked butt, legs. LOL I coulnd't help but laugh. We went in and he was o tired he took a small nap. Then he was up ready to go again. We are in the process of remodelling and rearranging the garge from when we moved in, AJ loves the creeper. He can get on it and we push him. So funny.

SO last night we were back out there and he was dirty. I mean dirty. The water was black to clean him. He is really commical. He loves wiping his face when you tell him his hands are dirty.

150% BOY. This morning he now has a runny nose, fever, and cough. Seems he is now getting sick. Hopefully he will be alright tongiht.

Well thats all folks, I promise to get pictures on here soon.
Stay dry and watch out for the water.
C-ya

Hello, on this March 10. This is Birthday month. AJ's is fast approaching. We are going to attemp to put together his 4X4 jeep this weekend. Battery operated, but he will still be moving. Everyday he gets more independent, and more advanced. He can now say Tuda. Last night the power was out and wouldn't you know AJ would wake up. Well do to me ripping a contact and having them on order, I have to wear my glasses. I can see but not as well as I can with my contacts. Its pitch black and I just bought 5 flashlights the new shake lights. Well everyone of those darn things are gone. AJ tends to hide things he hid Brad's chewing tobacco about 2 weeks ago and I have yet to find that so I figure one day when he is about 6 he will come in the front room carrying this big box and say look at all the stuff I found.

So last night we managed but it was a task Aj kept running into me and I did to him and the wall. It was funny. We were both laughing and Brad never woke up. AJ's ducks seem to be getting taller. Due to the rain last night AJ stayed in the house. Can't have him sick for his BIG DAY. Wearing shoes is now a thing AJ likes to do. I got him dressed to take him to moms and well i grabbed his shoes and he sat right down and held out his foot. He can undress himself but has a problem with the shirt. Boy how they grow fast.

Tomorrow we are leaving the house early to go CHEER on the EASTERN THUNDERBIRDS in their Regional win. If they win they will be playing again at 8 tomorrow night. AJ has a fan club himself. I have been making him shirts to wear, 1 was a onsie, last week was a tank top, this week we have bought him a sectional win shirt wonder how many will be disappointed to not read his shirt.

Erica and Luke will probably be decorating the truck tonight. Last week Erica had to wash it, then decorate it. Great way for a free washing. Anyway, GOOOOOOOO T---BIRDS!

Take Care, and hopefully AJ and the duck pictures will be on here soon.

Love to you all,
C-ya

Well, AJ is walking with Shoes on. I will tell you I didn't know it would take 5 ducks to make it happen. Yep we bought him 5 ducks, Brad named them Huey, Duey, Luey, Daffy and Donald. Who knows the sex of this 5 yello creatures. They are little babies. Still sound like a chick instead of a quack of a duck. LOL So Brad brought them home Tuesday and I told AJ if you want to see the ducks you have to put your shoes on, He sat down and let me put them on him.

Well we get to the garage and he walks great in them. So Last night was his first get in the garage, get down and walk all over the place. Talk about dirty. Holy Cow he was filthy. He played and played. He would get on Brad's creeper and let Luke push him around and ride for a good long time. Seems he is getting to big to soon. I took him in the house about 845 and I told him we needed to take a bath. He fell asleep before I could even get his clothes off of him. He was so tired.

He loves sleeping in his new twin race car bed. He has been sleeping all night since we got that for him. Great for me.

Well basically that is it. With this being my first blog, not sure what all to put yet. I will try including pictures of our dirty son, him and his 5 ducks and a few others. He will be 1 year old soon.

C-ya.